The University Benefits
Committee is directly responsible to the president and shall consist of a
chair who shall be elected by and from members of the
committee, two faculty members appointed by the president upon the recommendation
of the Faculty Senate, two operating staff members appointed by the president upon the recommendation
of the Operating Staff Council, two supportive professional staff members
appointed by the president upon the
recommendation of the Supportive Professional Staff Council, and one representative
of the administration, appointed by the executive vice president and provost,the director of Human Resource
Services or designee, and one member from the Committee on the Economic Status
of the Profession (a committee of the Faculty Senate)as
liaison. There shall be one ex officio member from the retired employees,
appointed by the NIU Annuitants Association. In addition, the manager of Insuranceand Employee Benefits and
others who may be directly involved in the administration of employee benefits
may assist the committee as resource personnel.

The chair shall be elected
by and from members of the committee. The committee shall select a secretary
from its membership at its first meeting in the fall.
Term of office for faculty, supportive professional staff, and operating
staff members shall be three years, staggered. Representatives of the administration
shall serve
until their successors are appointed.

The duties of the committee
shall be:

To act as an advisory
body to the president on any and all employee benefits pertaining to faculty
and operating staff and supportive professional staff;

To review present benefit
plans and proposals received from the University Council, the Faculty Senate,
the Operating Staff Council, the Supportive
Professional Staff Council, and the committee itself, and to make recommendations
to the president concerning employee benefits.

Minutes and reports of
the committee shall be sent to the president and to the members of the University
Council.